Example Sentences

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But Corke said it’s too soon to definitively say whether the updated policies will purge extremism from military ranks.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2021

Pulling “Roseanne” raises questions about whether Hulu will purge its platform of other television shows and movies featuring objectionable actors and actresses.

From Washington Times • May 30, 2018

Cosmetics companies spew forth literature on products they promise will purge your skin of all the poisons they have absorbed merely by living in the 21st century.

From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2017

And I will purge thy mortal grossness so,That thou shalt like an aery spirit go.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 21, 2015

Give her physic that will purge the Lion of Petra without doing worse than make his belly burn.

From The Lion of Petra by Mundy, Talbot